This episode contains:

• Darren Newman discussing grievances (part 2)
• 60 second top tip by Pat McNamee
• Daniel Barnett on criminal record checks (part 2)

This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and Daniel Barnett's Employment Rights Bill update service.

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Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
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My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
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♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This episode contains:

• Darren Newman discussing grievances (part 1)
• Daniel Barnett on criminal record checks (part 1)
• Daniel Barnett on dealing with employee theft and fraud
• Daniel Barnett on holiday pay and reducing Hours

This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This episode contains:

• Gavin Mansfield KC on tricky compensation issues
• Daniel Barnett on part year workers
• 60 second top tip by Audrey Ludwig
• Nick Levett on what a barristers' clerk does (part 2)

This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and Daniel Barnett's Employment Rights Bill update service.

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This episode contains:

• Lydia Seymour discussing changing terms and conditions
• Nick Levett on what a barristers' clerk does (part 1)
• Daniel Barnett on victimisation

This podcast is supported by didlaw Employment Lawyers and HR Inner Circle.

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Superb newsletter for HR Professionals - www.hrinnercircle.co.uk/newsletter

Ask me a question on the podcast - https://danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion/

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This bonus podcast episode, being an extract from an audio seminar produced for members of the HR Inner Circle, discusses how employers can help employees dealing with mental health issues.

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

Neonatal leave in the UK is a new statutory right introduced under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023. It came into force on 6 April 2025.

This bonus podcast episode is a short extract from a Q&A session for members of the HR Inner Circle, a few days before the new right came into force, when I explain the new law.

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This is a replay version of an episode originally published in July 2019.  Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.

SOSR is like a classic car. It can work well but only in the right conditions. 

An employer must have a fair reason to dismiss an employee.

When other avenues are exhausted, employers can sort to SOSR - which stands for ‘some other substantial reason’. Rather unhelpfully, there is no definition or guidance about its meaning. It must be 'substantial', which can include anything that is not frivolous or insignificant.

In this episode of Employment Law Matters, Daniel Barnett talks about the top five SOSR dismissals and why lawyers use that phrase, and looks at in which situations the use of SOSR can prove most useful.

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The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

The Court of Appeal has just handed down the important decision of Higgs v Farmor’s School, dealing with the circumstances when an employer can (or cannot) dismiss an employee for expressing gender critical views.  I recorded a 45 minute discussion about the ramifications of this case for employers, exclusively for members of the HR Inner Circle.  Here are the first few minutes of that recording for podcast listeners.

🎁 FREE STUFF
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Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

This is a replay version of an episode originally published in June 2020. Please note that any law discussed in the episode may be out of date.

What do you get when you record a verbal warning in writing?  A paradox, that’s what!  In this light-hearted episode, Daniel Barnett reveals the things that really annoy him, and shares the result of his Twitter Poll on who even uses them any more.

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Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion

In this episode, I talk about putting together employment tribunal bundles with barrister Naomi Cunningham.

This podcast is supported by Occupational Health Assessment Ltd and didlaw Employment Lawyers.

Naomi's article - https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2023/03/18/ten-easy-steps-to-the-perfect-hearing-bundle/

🎁 FREE STUFF
Employment law updates – www.danielbarnett.com       
My YouTube channel - www.youtubelegal.co.uk
Ask a question - www.danielbarnett.com/podcastquestion

💎 PRODUCTS, MEMBERSHIPS AND COURSES
Join the HR Inner Circle – www.hrinnercircle.co.uk
Harassment Pack - https://danielbarnett.com/harassment/
HR Platinum Policy Package 2024 – www.polices2024.com
The Virtual Employment Law Academy – https://danielbarnett.com/vela/
Ultimate Employment Law 2024 - https://danielbarnett.com/ultimate2024/
Employment Tribunal Compensation course - https://courses.virtualemploymentlawacademy.com/p/employment-tribunal
Own-branded email updates for solicitors - www.employmentlawbulletins.com

📚 BOOKS
My books include the Employment Law Handbook, Resolving Grievances and Computer and Social Media Misuse (see all books).

🌞 WHO AM I:
I'm Daniel Barnett, an employment law and HR barrister.  I advise and represent clients in employment tribunal litigation. I have my main website and work out of a set of Chambers.  I run a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals and present the legal hour on LBC Radio.

☎️ CONTACT ME:
Contact my assistant via email.
 
♨️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This podcast is published by (c) Employment Law Services Limited.  The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded, the law may have changed since then.  You should always seek your own independent legal advice.  Any employment law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales only.

Ask a question about the Employment Rights Act 2025 - www.danielbarnett.com/eraquestion